Richard Goode (born June 1, 1943) is an American classical pianist, known especially for his interpretations of Ludwig van Beethoven and chamber music.

Goode was born in East Bronx, New York. He studied piano with Elvira Szigeti, Claude Frank, Nadia Reisenberg at Mannes College, and Rudolf Serkin and Mieczyslaw Horszowski at the Curtis Institute. He won numerous prizes. Among the most prestigious are the First Prize in the Clara Haskil Competition in 1973 and the Avery Fisher Prize in 1980.

He has made many recordings, including Mozart Concertos with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, music of Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, and Bach, and was the first American-born pianist to record the complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas. He regularly appears at the world's leading venues and with the greatest orchestras. With Mitsuko Uchida, he is co-Artistic Director of the Marlboro Music School and Festival. He has premiered works written for him by Carlo Chavez, George Perle, Robert Helps, and others. His chamber-music partners have included Dawn Upshaw, Richard Stoltzman, Alexander Schneider, and many others. Goode is married to the violinist Marcia Weinfeld.

A wonderful literary portrait of Richard Goode is in David Blum's book, Quintet, Five Journeys toward Musical Fulfillment (Cornell University Press, 1999). It originally appeared as an article in the 29 June 1992 issue of The New Yorker.

Awards and Recognitions

Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance:

• Richard Goode & Richard Stoltzman for Brahms: The Sonatas for Clarinet & Piano, Op. 120 (1983)

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